Indonesian Rice Salad With Orange-Sesame-Cilantro Dressing

Miss Annie's Note:

A potluck or picnic favorite. You will like the subtle flavors. If you don't like Cilantro, leave it out.

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 35 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

Salad

• 1 cup uncooked long-grain rice
• 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks , drained
• ¼ cup dry-roasted cashews or ¼ cup peanuts , chopped
• 1⁄3; cup raisins
• 3 green onions , thinly sliced
• 1 small red bell pepper , diced in 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 small green bell pepper , diced in 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 stalk celery , cut in half down lengthwise,and thinly sliced
• 1 cup fresh bean sprout

Dressing

• ½ cup fresh orange juice
• 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons dark sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon peeled and minced fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh orange zest
• 1 clove garlic , minced
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon cilantro , minced

Directions:

1. Cook rice according to directions and place in a bowl to cool to room temperature.
2. When cool, add pineapple, cashews, raisins, green onions, red and green bell peppers, celery, bean sprouts and cilantro.
3. In a jar, combine dressing ingredients and shake to mix.
4. If the salad is served immediately, drizzle all of the dressing over the salad.
5. If salad is to be served later, use only half of dressing over salad, then at the last minute add the other half of dressing, stirring to coat.
6. May be served room temperature or chilled.

Reviews

[James Craig]

Thank you for such a delicious salad! My wife and I are trying to eat meals that don't heat the kitchen up-this is a winner! My wife and I do not care for green bell pepper or cilantro. I bought a large red bell pepper as a substitution for the green bell pepper. I omitted the cilantro from the dressing mixture. We will make this again!!!!

[gaila]

Now I know what to do with all of that left over rice frome chinese take-out! So flavorful, colorful and refreshing! I can't imagine it without the cilantro. Next time i'm going to try adding some mandarin oranges and extra cashews.

[Susie D]

This was a terrific discovery from this month's Asian Tag game. I enjoyed the combination of sweet, salty, crunchy, & tender. I thought it would be a nice dish for a potluck as it is colorful & yet different enough to not be standard fare. Next time I will chop the pineapple a little to better match the size of the other ingredients and might add more cilantro. (we like it) Thank you for sharing the recipe!